Raw footage for the Spy Hop documentary, "Messages: 2002 Olympic Diary", 2002

Item — video: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Kids from Spy Hop play around with a camera and test sound equipment (sound corrupted, no sound)
Interview with a young man as a website displayed in the background reads "The Olympic Rodeo" (sound corrupted, partial sound)
Tape corruption for several minutes
Interview with a man, Pete Linster, on the street protesting the hypocrisy of the US's involvement in the Olympics while at war when other countries are boycotted for such actions during the games. Greenpeace flag sticking out of his backpack. (sound corrupted, sound returns approximately half way through the interview)
Yellow sign "Thou shalt not terrorize"
Interview with a man, Jeffrey Smith, on the street also protesting against the war in Afghanistan and Iraq
A group of war protestors sing to an acoustic guitar while holding signs which read "What about the Olympic Truce? Stop the war," "Thou shalt not kill," "War =s terrorism," and "Thou shalt not terrorize" (sound corrupted, partial sound)
One of the protestors steps forward to speak with the camera man briefly (sound corrupted, no sound)
A police officer hands cards to each of the protestors to fill out (sound corrupted, no sound)
Jeffrey Smith continues to speak with the cameraperson (sound corrupted, no sound)
A young man in a cream suit performs R&B(?) on a stage (sound corrupted, no sound)
Interview with a young man, Robert Roveta, who works as a service employee for the Olympics. Roveta is asked his opinion about the Olympics as to whether or not he feels the games are worth the hype and how Salt Lake is being portrayed during the games. (sound corrupted, partial sound)
Crowd watches lights from Caldron Stadium (Rice Eccles Stadium, University of Utah)

Dates

2002

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